Episode 002: Michael Connolly on Presidential History

Michael Connolly of Purdue University North Central talks about presidents and their legacies with Historically Thinking host Al Zambone.

Connolly surveys past presidents, and argues that the way in which we assess them is often mistaken. He argues that presidential history is a very real and necessary sub-discipline. Given public interest in presidential history, Connolly asserts, historians disregard it at their own risk.